Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan reunited at the Lincoln Center in New York City on Monday (28Apr14) to honour their When Harry Met Sally... director Rob Reiner. The prolific filmmaker, whose hits include This is Spinal Tap and A Few Good Men, was the recipient of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in recognition of his hugely successful career.
Stars and former colleagues lined up to pay tribute the Reiner, including Michael Douglas - who arrived hand-in-hand with estranged wife Catherine Zeta-Jones - Martin Scorsese and James Caan, but the big moment of the night was when Crystal introduced surprise guest Ryan to the stage.
The pair reminisced about Ryan's iconic orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally..., revealing that Reiner himself showed her how to act out the moment.
Crystal also explained how his personal relationship with the director was very similar to the film's leading couple: "That was so personal to us because many of the things that Harry and Sally did in the movie, Rob and I did as friends, which we just talked about and (writer) Nora (Ephron) was able to work into the script. That bonding was very much Rob and I."
Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Mandy Patinkin also shared their memories of working with Reiner via video messages.

American Hustle, Gravity and 12 Years A Slave look set to dominate the 2014 Academy Awards. The movies will go head-to-head for Best Picture along with Captain Phillips, Nebraska, Philomena, Dallas Buyers Club, Her and The Wolf of Wall Street.
British stars Christian Bale (American Hustle) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave) both scored a mention for Best Actor, while American Hustle's Amy Adams will go head-to-head with Gravity's Sandra Bullock for Best Actress.
Other actresses nominated in the category are Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Judi Dench (Philomena) and Meryl Streep (August: Osage County).
Last year's (13) winner of the Best Actress trophy, Jennifer Lawrence, will compete for Best Supporting Actress for her role in American Hustle, while Bradley Cooper landed a Best Supporting Actor nod for his role in the crime caper.
12 Years A Slave co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender also picked up nods for their supporting roles, while the film's director Steve McQueen and American Hustle's David. O. Russell both landed nominations for Best Director along with Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron.
Speaking shortly after the nominations were announced, British moviemaker McQueen told the BBC, "(I am) just very excited - nine nominations. A lot of them (the Oscar nominees are) British. I am just so excited. We worked very hard and are very privileged to receive these nominations."
While O. Russell admits he is thrilled that all four of his film's main actors picked up nods, adding, "It's all four actors... you always worry as sort of the captain... that one of your great performers is not going to get recognised... they all put so much into it and they did it together so it's nice that none of them got left out."
American Hustle and Gravity both scored 10 nominations, while 12 Years A Slave landed nine.
The nominations were announced by actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs on Thursday (16Jan14), and the winners will be unveiled during the Los Angeles prizegiving on 2 March (14).
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Picture:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Directing:
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
Actor in a Leading Role:
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Actress in a Leading Role:
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Judi Dench - Philomena
Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave
Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
June Squibb - Nebraska
Adapted Screenplay:
Before Midnight - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips - Billy Ray
Philomena - Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
12 Years A Slave - John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street - Terence Winter
Original Screenplay:
American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club - Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Her - Spike Jonze
Nebraska - Bob Nelson
Animated Feature Film:
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
Cinematography:
The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners - Roger A. Deakins
Costume Design:
American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster - William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman - Michael O'Connor
12 Years A Slave - Patricia Norris
Documentary Feature:
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
Documentary Short Subject:
Cavedigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Film Editing:
American Hustle - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club - John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa
Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
12 Years A Slave - Joe Walker
Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar
Makeup And Hairstyling:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
Music - Original Score:
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Music - Original Song:
Alone Yet Not Alone by Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel, from Alone Yet Not Alone
Happy by Pharrell Williams, from Despicable Me 2
Let it Go by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, from Frozen
The Moon Song by Karen O, from Her
Ordinary Love by U2, from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Production Design:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years A Slave
Sound Editing:
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Sound Mixing:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Visual Effects:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness.

The former home of Robert De Niro's mobster character in Goodfellas has become the scene of an investigation by New York City police officials following allegations a body was buried at the residence. Acting on an anonymous tip, investigators surrounded James 'Jimmy the Gent' Burke's former pad in Queens on Monday (17Jun13) to search for human remains in the driveway, backyard and basement of the property, which is now owned by his daughter Catherine.
Law enforcement agents are reportedly searching for evidence related to a near three decade-old murder, as well as an ongoing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case.
The gangster, who was the alleged mastermind behind one of the largest heists in American history in 1978, died behind bars in 1996 after a battle with cancer. His life was the inspiration behind De Niro's character James Conway in the Martin Scorsese film.

Martin Scorsese's filmmaker daughter is suing the producers of a movie she directed for allegedly cutting her out of the profits. Catherine Scorsese claims she was so excited about the online movie she made for Campus Life producers she roped in her father and family friend Ray Liotta to help promote the film.
In legal papers obtained by TMZ.com, Catherine claims she was promised profits from the film, but she says the producers reneged.
She is now suing Jumpview Entertainment bosses, Campus Life Productions officials and others for unspecified damages. She also wants a judge to prevent the producers from showing the film.

If you look at the below trailer for Campus Life, you might begin to wonder what, exactly, the draw is. Perhaps, as we can surmise from the openings shots of Greek letters adorning the college setting, the film is setting up to appeal to the party-loving masses enjoing their hedonistic early-20s. Perhaps the supernatural themes and Gothic-skewing characters are meant to incite fervor in the fan bases of The Twilight Saga and its brethren. Or perhaps, just maybe, it's the Scorsese factor.
About 30 seconds into this schlocky, low-budget, no-name project, we see none other than Martin Scorsese make an appearance, ostensibly in the role of a sage physician.
And we're perplexed. Perplexed enough to search for answers. What the hell is one of the greatest, most respected living filmmakers doing playing a character in this painfully obscure movie?!
We've got to wonder who on staff has dirt on Scorsese — did star Jesse McCartney (the second biggest name attached) witness Marty killing a guy? Not exactly... while Scorsese does have ties to one of this film's most prominent voices, the connection is apparently being kept under wraps: as our research has suggested, Campus Life is, in fact, directed by Martin Scorsese's daughter, Catherine Scorsese.
Or is it?
While the film is attributed to helmer Catherine in a variety of sources — her alma mater Fairleigh Dickinson University and NorthJersey.com — neither the trailer nor the IMDb page for Campus Life show any sign of Catherine's input. All directorial credits are instead assigned to Kenneth M. Waddell, with whom Catherine also allegedly worked on the TV movie An Elf's Story: The Elf on the Shelf.
So what the hell is actually going on here?! Did Catherine Scorsese direct this movie or didn't she? If so, why is her name nowhere on the trailer? If not, why is Martin Scorsese involved? Our only hope is to actually see Campus Life, and devote our waking lives to unraveling this mystery. This thing might go a lot deeper than we think...
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1. A slew of stars were given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch on its tour around the U.K. over the summer, but not everyone was granted the opportunity to run with the flame ahead of the London 2012 Games - who missed out on the occasion?
a. Daniel Radcliffe
b. Sir Patrick Stewart
c. James McAvoy
2. Which country was Tom Cruise filming in when Katie Holmes filed for divorce?
a. France
b. Iceland
c. Canada
3. Which Baldwin brother took legal action against Kevin Costner amid allegations he was cheated out of profits after selling his shares in an oil filtering business?
a. Daniel
b. Alec
c. Stephen
4. In August, actress Jennifer Aniston got engaged to Justin Theroux, her co-star in which movie?
a. Horrible Bosses
b. Wanderlust
c. He's Just Not That Into You
5. Saucy summer blockbuster Magic Mike was based on which actor's real-life experiences as a stripper?
a. Joe Manganiello
b. Matthew McConaughey
c. Channing Tatum
6. In July, actress Kristen Stewart confessed to an "indiscretion" with the director of which of her films?
a. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
b: Snow White and the Huntsman
c. The Runaways
7. Which celebrity couple got married in 2012 without first getting engaged?
a. Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman
b. Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied
c. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
8. Actress Kristin Chenoweth was critically injured on the set of which hit U.S. TV show last summer?
a. Glee
b. The Good Wife
c. Hot in Cleveland
9. What is the name of the actor Sienna Miller welcomed her first child with in 2012?
a) Jude Law
b) Tom Sturridge
c) Rhys Ifans
10. Sally Field had to beg Steven Spielberg for an audition to play Abraham Lincoln's wife Mary Todd in the critically acclaimed biopic Lincoln. Why?
a) She was too old
b) She was too fat
c) She was too famous
11. What was the name of Daniel Radcliffe's first feature film release of 2012 following the end of the Harry Potter franchise?
a. The Lady in Red
b. The Woman in Black
c. Lady Jane Grey
12. Which famous British actor took on a starring role in the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony reciting verses from William's Shakespeare's The Tempest?
a. Hugh Grant
b. Rowan Atkinson
c. Kenneth Branagh
13. Which Hollywood star married actor Adam Shulman in California in September?
a. Natalie Portman
b. Miley Cyrus
c. Anne Hathaway
14. Halle Berry lost a bitter custody battle with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry over their daughter in November. What is their child's name?
a. Nahla
b. Simba
c. Naomi
15. This Hollywood hunk can normally be found fighting for a good cause but in 2012 he was chosen as the rather unusual frontman for Chanel's signature fragrance, Chanel No5. Who is he?
a. Brad Pitt
b. Colin Farrell
c. George Clooney
16. Which actress despaired that she 'looked like her gay brother' after an extreme transformation for a movie role?
a. Penelope Cruz
b. Anne Hathaway
c. Jennifer Lawrence
17. Which actress named her new baby daughter Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence?
a. Tina Fey
b. Uma Thurman
c. Jemima Kirke
18. Which British royal was hospitalised during the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee?
a. Charles, Prince of Wales
b. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
c. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
19. Which TV legend was laid to rest four months after losing his battle with cancer?
a. Sherman Hemsley
b. Dick Clark
c. Larry Hagman
20. What is the name of the 2012 Bond movie?
a. Skyscraper
b. Skyfall
c. Skylander
21. Jennifer Lawrence played the lead role in movie hit The Hunger Games. What was her character's name?
a. Katniss
b. Katnip
c. Katbliss
22. Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture?
a. Moneyball
b. The Artist
c. Hugo
23. Which film star did NOT get married in 2012?
a. Matthew McConaughey
b. Daniel Craig
c. Anne Hathaway
24. British actress Carey Mulligan married which member of musical group Mumford and Sons in April?
a. Marcus Mumford
b. Ben Lovett
c. Ted Dwane
25. Name the only surviving member of the original cast of Dallas who was not part of the hit TV drama's 2012 reboot.
a. Charlene Tilton
b. Steve Kanaly
c. Victoria Principal
26. Which veteran porn star has been immortalised in two movie biopics due out this year?
a. Linda Lovelace
b. Ron Jeremy
c. Sasha Grey
27. Which moody movie star was dramatically rescued by coast guard workers after becoming stranded during a kayaking trip off the coast of New York in September?
a. Colin Farrell
b. Dustin Hoffman
c. Russell Crowe
28. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese joined forces again in 2012 to shoot their fifth movie project - but what is the name of the new film, due for release this year?
a. The Beast of Broadway
b. The Monster of Manhattan
c. The Wolf of Wall Street
29. Which movie won the coveted Palme d'Or prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
a. Amour
b. Cosmopolis
c. The Paperboy
30. In November, movie hardman Sylvester Stallone launched a stage musical version of which of his famous film franchises?
a. Rambo
b. Rocky
c. The Expendables
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. b
7. c
8. b
9. b
10. a
11. b
12. c
13. c
14. a
15. a
16. b
17. b
18. b
19. a
20. b
21. a
22. b
23. b
24. a
25. c
26. a
27. c
28. c
29. a
30. b

For years now, decades even, Christopher Walken has maintained a reputation in Hollywood for playing characters who are, to put it lightly, a bit off. When we spoke to the cinematic legend about his recent turn in the film A Late Quartet, he remarked about this pattern that has followed his career. "I’ve played a lot of bizarre, eccentric people," Walken said. "People with odd things on their minds." But his newest endeavor could mark a turning point for the actor.
The movie, a tender drama directed by feature newcomer Yaron Zilberman, hands Walken a more levelheaded, sensitive character — the sort he hopes to make a habit of playing at this stage in his life. "I think this guy is very human," Walken said of his Quartet character Peter Mitchell, an accomplished cellist whose recent diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease forces him to give up performing. "Almost, you could say, the dad in this story. As I get older, a nice thing is happening. I’m starting to get parts for uncles, grandfathers, fathers. It’s kind of a new territory for me. I hope it keeps happening."
The time-tested performer is encouraged by the new challenge. "I always look to [the question], ‘How do you stay viable?’ Being an actor is wonderful, but most actors don’t work ... The roles of Screen Actors Guild or Actors Equity, it’s something like 98% are unemployed. So that if you’re working for any reason, you’re first of all lucky. You have to be good, but you have to be a little lucky, too."
And it was not only the "new territory" of playing this character that attracted Walken, 69, to Zilberman's script, but the story surrounding the roles of his costars (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, and Imogen Poots) on the whole. "For me, it was the story of the characters. It’s a very insular story, really," Walken said. "It’s about these five people — the implications of a change in the life of one of them and how it affects everybody."
But one specific element of this movie that seems to have really spoken to Walken is its relationship with music. Although Walken himself has limited experience with musical instruments ("When I was a kid, I took the piano lessons, and I took some guitar lessons. But I never got any good at it. My hands are just not suited for that."), it is his love of music and his skill at the art of dance ("My feet work!"), that connected him to these particular themes in A Late Quartet.
"Music is life," Walken proclaimed. "The way we live has as much to do with rhythm as it has to do with logic." And to the actor, the particular genre of string music exhibited in the movie is of especial appeal. "Even when I was a little kid, I loved classical music. I still do."
Walken considers music a particularly invaluable tool in the venue of cinema. "Music is very important in the movies ... They say that the best movie music is the kind you don’t notice. I’m not so sure about that." He got to thinking about a few examples of his favorite examples of music in film, highlighting, "the way [Martin] Scorsese, for instance, uses contemporary music." Walken also doesn't forget about the classics: "Let’s face it — Gone with the Wind is thrilling. There are many examples. I love movie music. Some of the great composers of that time… you don’t have to watch the movie, just listen to people like [Erich Wolfgang] Korngold and Carl Davis. Music is part of life."
And Walken connects the performance of music, or performance of any sort at all, to that of acting, which is where he compromised his A Late Quartet character with his own life experiences. "I think the big equation with that would be between being in a string quartet and being an actor ... the performing aspect. When you do a play, or you do ballet, opera, any kind of performance where people buy tickets and sit and watch you, that it’s a particular kind of thing. There’s an element of all of these things that doesn’t get mentioned: the audience."
The actor's relationship with his audience extends far beyond what you might expect. "They are always the other characters in a play," he said. "They’re a big part of the show. Dealing with that is something that performers particularly understand. I think, for me, my experience on the stage, in front of cameras, and all that, was very equivalent to having to perform music."
"These quartet people are performers," Walken continued. "I may not have understood how to play the cello, but I know what being a performer is. The relationship with the audience, who is always the other character. The people buy a ticket, they expect something — it’s expensive, they made an effort to get there. You have to be your best. You have a given amount of time to do what you do best. And that’s something particular to people who perform for a living."
This keen understanding and appreciation of performance is evident in both the cast members who make up A Late Quartet and in the film's director. "You’re going to have to hand it to Yeron Zilberman on many levels," Walken said. "He’s remarkable in many ways. He did what really good directors do: they cast well. And it’s been said, if you get the right actors for the right parts, you don’t have to do a lot with them. You hire them and sort of let them loose. And all good directors do that. He was also very generous about his own learning curve. He let the actors contribute a lot."
Clearly, Walken has a special flare and passion for performance, and acting something he wants to continue doing for many years to come. "In Europe, actors keep going until they drop," Walken declared with admiration. "My favorite actor story is about John Gielgud. He was 96 and they wanted to throw him a big party. And he said [he] couldn’t come because I was on location making a movie. I think that’s wonderful for an actor to just keep going."
A Late Quartet is currently playing in select theaters.
[Photo Credit: RKO Pictures (2)]
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The French icon was handed the prestigious Chaplin Award for her lifetime achievements at the Film Society of Lincoln Center gala and Deneuve was overwhelmed to be feted by such a large crowd.
Dead Man Walking star Sarandon stepped up to the podium to pay tribute to her longtime pal, with whom she shared several steamy sex scenes in 1983's The Hunger, and joked, "I am probably the only presenter who's actually slept with Catherine Deneuve."
Director Martin Scorsese also heaped praise on the beauty, adding, "Catherine Deneuve seems to have been made for cinema, and cinema for her. She is French cinema. She seems to be getting more adventurous every year."
Also saluting the star were her actress daughter Chiara Mastroianni and French director Francois Ozon.
The actress joins a long list of fellow Chaplin Award recipients, including screen legends Elizabeth Taylor, Alfred Hitchcock, and Sidney Poitier.